Collak-stiffening and tie-holding device



Jan. 27, 1931. s. G. DEIDRICK v COLLAR STIFFENING AND TIE HOLDING DEVICEFiled Jan. 25. 1929 INVENTOR.

BY %?6W' A TTORNEYJ'.

Patented Jan. 27, 1931 eannn'rr snninnicx, on KENT, OHIOoouinn-s'rininnrne AND TIE-HOLDING DEVICE Application filed J'anuary25,12929. Serial No. 335,103.

This invention relates to devices for reinforcing collars and holdingties.

The general purpose of the inventionis to provide a device adapted tocooperate with channels in the back of and adjacent the front edges ofthe outer collar fold effectively to reinforce said edges, and providedwith meansthereon for reinforcing the crease of the collar adjacent the'front-end means for holding the necktie in place also effective byadjusting of the tie to draw the front edges of the collar inwardlytoward the collar band and to prevent the same from spreading. A furtherpurpose'of the invention is to provide a device such as described abovewhich is of single thickness material whereby bulkiness will be avoided.

The foregoing and other purposes of the invention are attained inf'thedevice illus-' trated in the accompanying drawings and describedbelow.It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificform hereof shown and described.

-Of the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collar illustratingthe reinforcingand tie-holding devices embodying the invention in place therein; v

Figure 2 is an inside plan of a portion of the collar with the foldsflattened out;

vices embodying the invention.

These devices are made substantially as shown inFigure 3of'comparatively thin material or materials in combination, such ascelluloid, hard rubberfsheet metal wire, vulcanized fibre, etc,preferably-sufficiently pliable as to be adapted to thecurvature'assumed by the collar'when in use, and which are formed with aleg 12"for insertion into 0 a channel 11, and'with a wing 13 forextending under and reinforcing the major crease 14 of the collaradjacent the frontedge, the

upper edge of the wing preferably being curved inwardly-as at 13 to be'adap-ted to the collar fold The wing is provided with a depending loop15 through-which the tie 16 is passed, this loop preferably being openas shown and preferabl being in practically the same plane'with-t e legand wing of the reinforcing device, excepting from a rearwardly off-setportion at 15 designed to facilitate passing the tie outwardly throughthe loop. g r j It will be apparent that the device is easily assembledwith or'removed'from the collar. While'the'collaris open, asshown inFigure 3, 'the'tie is passed through the loops as illustrated. Thecollar is then folded and placed about ithe' neckiand buttoned. The tieis next adjusted, it sliding easily through the loops 15-, and as theknot is tightened against the neck, the action of the tie on the loop 15draws the front edges'of the collar inwardly toward the collar band andinterlocks the collar and tie in such a way that both are held in theirproper positions. The tie through cooperation with the loops 15 preventsspreading of the front edges of the collar. The legs 12 prevent bucklingof the front edges of the collar and the Wings 13 prevent buckling ofthe major crease of the collar at the front.

It willbe seen that by'drawing the tie through the loops in the mannershown, the inward action of the tie is effective on the sides of theloops adjacent the legs and thus is substantially directly efiective onthe legs without having any tendency to rock or twist the reinforcement.

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ple and'inexpensive, but effective device has been provided forstiffening collars, holding the necktie in position and preventing thecollar fronts from spreading. The device,

14A device. er the character described mo comprising comparativelystifi" members including a leg portion for fitting into a channel inback of and adjacent the front edge of a collar to stiffen said edge, aWing portion extending from the leg portion rearwardly under the majorcrease of a collar to prevent buckling of said crease, the upper edge ofsaid wing portion being curved rearwardly, and a loop depending from theWing portion, the side of the loop remote from the leg being open andthe side of the loop'adjacent the leg having a rearwardly'ofi-setportion thereon, and through which loop the tie is passed whereby theadjustment of the tie acting in said oft-set portions of the loops drawsthe front edges of the collar inwardly toward the collar band and thetie holds the front edges against spreading.

2. A device of the character described comprising comparatively stifimembers including a leg portion for fitting into 'a channel in back ofand adjacent the front edge of a collar to stifien said edge, a Wing portion extending from the leg portion rear- Wardly under the major creaseof a collar to prevent buckling of said crease, and a loop dependingfrom the wing portion, the side of the loop remote from the leg beingopen and the side adjacent the leg being rearwardly off-set and throughwhich the tie is passed whereby the adjustment of the tie draws thefront ed es of the collar inwardly toward the collar band and the tieholds the front edges against spreading.

GARRETT G. DIEDRICK.

